All Episodes

BRICS: Reformist or Revolutionary? with Sarang Shidore

Kicking the Middle East Hornet's Nest with Daniel Zoughbie

The Early Unipolar Moment Roots of America’s Post-9/11 Foreign Policy with Emma Ashford

From FISA to Flock: Post-9/11 Surveillance in America with Abigail Hall

How to Deliver on NATO 3.0 with Miranda Priebe

The Conservative Case Against the Interventionist Right with Luke Nicastro

America's Counterproductive Middle East Presence with Jon Hoffman

Special: Discussing John Quincy Adams' Marcellus Essays

Power Without Ideology? World Order After the Iran War with Danny Bessner

Selling War: The Foreign Influence Lobby with Nick Cleveland-Stout

New Cold War at Sea? with Lyle Goldstein

The Future of Secret Cyber Statecraft with Jon Lindsay

Realism Roundtable with Jasen Castillo and John Schuessler

The Donroe Doctrine with Fulton Armstrong

Chasing Bandits: America's Long War on Terror with Michael Neagle

Iran Negotiations and Trump's Middle East Strategy with Albert Wolf

Trump, Iran, and the Future of America First with Curt Mills

The Iran War's Impact on US Military Readiness with Jennifer Kavanagh

Boots on the Ground in Iran? with John Byrnes

New Supreme Leader and the Iranian Voices America Isn’t Hearing with Sina Toossi

Is Ukraine Losing the War? with Michael Desch

Special: Iran War Update with Michael Desch

Arms Control After New START with Ariel Petrovics

Assessing the Prospect of War with Iran with Rose Kelanic

Material Support with Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery

The Trump-Roosevelt Corollary with Dan DePetris

Special: "Beyond Vietnam" by Martin Luther King Jr.

Venezuela Update with Chris Shell

The 2025 National Security Strategy

Nuclear South Asia with Sahar Khan

What is an "America First" Nuclear Strategy? with Sumantra Maitra

Trading with the Enemy with Mariya Grinberg

The Trillion Dollar War Machine with William Hartung and Ben Freeman

Special: Why World War I Matters for Realists

Losing a Taiwan War? with Lyle Goldstein

First Among Equals with Emma Ashford

How Have Allies Responded to U.S. Retrenchment? with Miranda Priebe

Special: Discussing George Washington's Farewell Address

The Twelve-Day War and Careers in OSINT with Decker Eveleth

A Veteran’s Journey from 9/11 to Restraint with John Byrnes

The Middle East, Silicon Valley, and the Revolving Door with Jonathan Guyer

The Global Nuclear Supply Chain and Energy Security with Ted Jones

Why Democracies Fight Dictators with Madison Schramm

Special: Discussing John Quincy Adams' "Monsters to Destroy" Speech

What Would a Global Posture Review Look Like Under Restraint? with Dan Caldwell and Jennifer Kavanagh

Regime Change and Spheres of influence with Lindsey O'Rourke

East Asia: Balancing or Bandwagoning? with Kyuri Park

Israel-Iran War Update and the Politics of War with Iran with John Gay

Sarah Streyder on Why Restraint Matters for Military Families

Iran War Expert John Gay on What's Next After Israeli Strikes

Khurram Dastgir Khan on Conflict in South Asia and US-Pakistan Relations

Michael Brenes on Great Power Rivalry's Threat to Peace and Democracy

Candace Rondeaux on the Wagner Group

Daniel McCarthy on Liberalism and Empire

Curt Mills on Trump's Foreign Policy 100 Days In

John Vick on Africa and the Middle East

Sabreena Croteau on the Economic Drivers of Naval Force Structure

Aude Darnal on the Global South in the Trump Era

Is a Career in Political Risk Right for You?

Spencer Ackerman on the Global War on Terror and Biden's Legacy

Sarang Shidore on the Global South and the U.S.-Philippines Alliance

Skip Shelton: Practitioner's Journey to Realism and Restraint

John Schuessler on Offshore Balancing and Presidential Wartime Deceit

Jeremy Shapiro on Competing GOP Foreign Policy Visions

Rose Kelanic on Syria and Energy Security

The Society Forecasts Foreign Policy in 2025

Janet Abou-Elias and Lillian Mauldin on Arms Transfers and the "Imperial Boomerang"

Dan Spokojny on Reforming American Diplomacy

Jennifer Kavanagh on the Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East

Kelly Grieco on the Future of Air Power and the Indo-Pacific

Christopher Shell on the 2024 Election and Foreign Policy

Ari Tolany on Arms Sales and Oversight

Peter Harris on Retrenchment, Taiwan and the Chagos Islands

Will Ruger on Realism and Restraint

LIVE: Eugene Gholz and Michael Desch on Restraint

Jake Johnston on Haiti

Mike DiMino and Dan Caldwell Return - Ukraine and the Middle East

Nathaniel Powell on West Africa

Ali Wyne on Great Powers and Cold Wars

James Acton on Nuclear Targeting and Escalation

Julia Gledhill on the Defense Budget

Brandon Valeriano on Cyberwarfare and Sci-Fi Soft Power

Josh Shifrinson on Ukraine, Thucydides and Realism

Christopher McCallion on Grand Strategy

Stephen Wertheim Returns: Restraint and Retrenchment

Reid Smith on Restraint in U.S. Foreign Policy

Brandan Buck on Old Right Opposition To Empire

Osamah Khalil on A World Of Enemies

John Byrnes and Tyler Koteskey on Veterans, Reservists and Warships

Special: Iran's Retaliation and the National Interest

Gregory Brew on Oil, Energy and the Red Sea

Paul Pillar on Gaza and Israeli Politics

Jon Hoffman on Gaza and Middle East Politics

Dale Copeland on China and Commerce

Murtaza Hussain on Pakistan and American Intervention

James Siebens on the South China Sea and Armed Coercion

Derek Davison on Middle East Autocracies and the War on Terror

John Ramming Chappell on Arms Sales and Civilian Harm

Jon Askonas on Technology, Ukraine and the Defense Industry

Rep. Warren Davidson on Congress's Role in Foreign Policy